For Struggle, Solidarity and Socialism in Nigeria
UNIABUJA: SYMPOSIUM EMPHASIZES NEED FOR STRUGGLE TO DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION “With this APC administration, if we are not careful, all of the gains of the 2013 ASUU struggle may go down the drain” – ASUU leader Report by Akande Daniel The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and the Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, jointly organized
HIKE IN ELECTRICITY TARIFF IS ANTI-PEOPLE AND A FLAGRANT DISOBEDIENCE OF COURT ORDER NLC and TUC must lead sustained mass protest On December 8, 2015, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola addressed a press conference mandating the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Distribution companies to meet and come out with “fair market tariff”. Less than
NIGERIA’S MESS: CAN BUHARI CLEAN IT UP? Lagos DSM discusses the way forward for the working people in a period of capitalist crisis By Ayo Ademiluyi The Lagos State Chapter of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) held an end of year public meeting which brought together new contacts and supporters encountered in workplace interventions, students’ movement activities and community campaigns.
CRIN CRISIS: CDWR Welcomes the Removal of Prof. Malacky Akoroda For immediate reinstatement of the 95 sacked workers and activities of staff unions in the Institute The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Oyo State Chapter, welcomes the removal of Prof. Malacky Akoroda, as the Executive Director (ED) of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, CRIN, Ibadan. The Federal
Doctors Strike in Osun State: DSM Condemns Aregbesola Government’s Threat to Doctors The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Osun State Chapter hereby condemns the latest seven-day ultimatum issued by the Ogbeni Aregbesola-led Osun State government to doctors in the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital and in other hospitals who are in the employment of the state, to end their strike or lose their
IPWA WORKER DIES AS NO SALARY MEANS NO MEDICAL HELP Emmanuel Amadi’s Death is due to IPWA’s Management’s Anti-Labour Practices CDWR Demands Compensation for the Deceased Family and for Management to meet all Workers’ Demands IPWA workers picket company over pay and bad management – photo DSM (Click to enlarge) The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) commiserates with
OOU LECTURERS STRIKE: GOV IBUKUNLE AMOSUN AND THE BURDEN OF UNPAID SALARIES For a United Mass Action by Workers in Ogun State The Socialist Party of Nigeria, Ogun state chapter, strongly condemns the refusal of Gov Ibikunle Amosun to pay lecturers of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), 16 months’ salary arrears, something which has forced the branch of the Academic
WORKERS AND COMMUNITY PEOPLE ARISE! Say No To Fuel Scarcity, Planned Fuel Price Hike, Reduction In Workers Salary, Electricity Tariff Hike And Crazy Bills Enough is enough. It is time to stop simply complaining. It is time to start to fight back. This is why we of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) call on the mass of working people
SPN Rejects Mass Retrenchment in Osun State Tertiary Institutions The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Osun State Chapter condemns in absolute terms the mass retrenchment of staff of state-owned tertiary institutions in Osun State. We call for the immediate reversal of this retrenchment by the Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State government and end to all anti-worker policy of the government. We
WE CONDEMN AND REJECT CLOSURE OF SCHOOL AND PROSCRIPTION OF STUDENTS’ UNION IN OAU The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) wishes to condemn in strong terms the undemocratic decision of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) authorities to close down the University and proscribe the Students Union. For us, proscription of the Students Union at the slightest hint of students’ protest or
BAYELSA GUBERNATORIAL POLL: THE BATTLE OF TWO SHARKS By Chinedu Agbebire On the 5th of December 2015, Bayelsa state will conduct its gubernatorial election. But there is little choice between the main contestants. Both the incumbent Governor Sirake Dickson and the immediate former governor Timipre Sylva are callous and unrepentant capitalist representatives who have emerged as the candidates of the
KILLING OF 9 PRO-BIAFRA PROTESTERS CONDEMNABLE BUHARI’S CLAMPDOWN ON SECESSIONIST AGITATION RISKS CREATING A NEW VIOLENT INSURGENCY LABOUR MUST ACT TO PREVENT ETHNIC CLASHES The reported killing of about nine (9) pro-Biafra protesters and injuring of about 18 others on December 1st, 2015 in Onitsha, Anambra State by men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) is highly condemnable. These
FUEL SCARCITY: SUFFERING IMPOSED ON THE MASSES BY RULING ELITE Buhari administration must end this protracted scarcity now! We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemn in strongest terms the protracted fuel scarcity once again ravaging different parts of the country. We place the blame of this agonizing situation on the shoulders of the Buhari-led Federal Government. It is
STOP REPRESSION OF DURAPACK WORKERS! FREE ALL INCARCERATED WORKERS UNCONDITIONALLY FOR IMPROVED PAY AND CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) condemns in the strongest terms the state repression of workers of Durapack Company located at Awosika Street, Ikeja Industrial Estate, Ikeja. We condemn the action of the Durapack management, particularly the Chinese duo of Wang
No to threat on Minimum Wage Labour must Demand Increase in Minimum Wage to Not Less Than N52, 200 The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the recent threat by the state governors to stop the payment of the N18, 000 minimum wage as a result of decline in oil revenue. This is utterly hypocritical. We note that even when